Duties would raise prices for a range of consumer goods, while scaring off further Taiwanese investments in the U.S., experts warn.

Today, most of the world's semiconductor manufacturing comes from TSMC, which has spent years expanding its operations in Taiwan as a hedge against Chinese aggression. The world needs TSMC, which helps to keep the CCP's "one China" rhetoric just that—rhetoric.

The semiconductor business between Taiwan and the United States is mutually beneficial, with Taiwan being a critical player in the global technology supply chain. Despite tariff threats from Donald Trump,